division 2 december 2014
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Presented to you by the Division 2 News Editor Maya Shen.TRANSCRIPT
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Inside This IssueDecember’s Service Initiative
14 Club Reports
15xFall Rally North
22Articles
24DNE’s Closing Message
28DL T’s Contact Info
29Presidents’ Contact Info
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Secret Santa3
L T G’s Welcome 4
Upcoming Events 6
December DCM Agenda 7
Division Goals8
EA’s Note8
Recognition 9
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Inside This IssueKiwi Pen Pals!
Want to bond with another Division 2 Kiwi? Fill out a super
quick and easy form by Decem-ber 13th to get a pen pal!
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LTG’s Welcome
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SOARing for Service,
Kevin MoyungDivision 2 Lieutenant Governor
2014-2015
My lovely Kiwis!
Ahh...it’s the MOST wonderful time of the year! Frosty mornings, nippy nights, and best of all...the HOLIDAYS!
Hold on to your scarves and hipster-knit sweaters, Kiwis! Because I have some exciting news!
We will be having a joint Ice Skating Social with Division 26 South! This event will take place on Friday, December 6th, 8-10pm at the Dublin Iceland. You must have chaperones!
Our December DCM will feature a Gingerbread House Building Contest and there will be awesome prizes!
District Convention 2015 Registration is finally open! Be sure to talk to your officers for more information.
Interested in running to become the NEXT Division 2 Lieu-tenant Govenor? Attend Candidates’ Training Conference! Check the division website and Facebook page for registration and more information.
We only have FOUR more months left in this term, Kiwis! Make the most of it :)
From the Division Leadership Team, we wish you a HAPPY HOLI-DAY!
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Upcoming Events
A2D2Service and Bonding
Dec DCM
D26S Social CTC
December
DCMDecember 20
1-3 pmLocation TBA
Come join us for a fun afternoon with gingerbread
houses and hot chocolate!
A2D2: Service & Bonding
December 135-10 pm
San Leandro Boys & Girls Club
BONDING TIME WITH INTERACT’S AREA 2! Service,
presentations, and new friends!
D26 South Ice Skating Social
December 57:30-10 pm
Dublin Iceland
BONDING TIME WITH THE BLUE DEVILS OF DIVISION 26
SOUTH! Winter, ice skating, new friends!
Happy Holidays Kiwis!
Candidate Train-ing Conference
December 6Interested in being
Division 2’s next Lieutenant Governor?
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C N H | K E Y C L U B December DCM: December 20th, 2014
Division 2 | Region 9
Call to Order: 1:00 pm I. Pledges II. Roll Call
a. Alameda, Albany, American Indian, Arroyo, Berkeley, Castro Valley, El Cerrito, Encinal, Leadership Public Hayward, Oakland, Oakland Technical, Piedmont, San Leandro, Skyline
b. Advisors and Guests III. Old Business
a. Club Reports b. December DWS c. Candidate Training Conference
IV. New Business a. January Division-wide Service b. District Convention 2015
i. Celebrate! Service, Leadership, Family ii. March 13th-15th
iii. Anaheim Convention Center iv. Registration is NOW online! Contact your
club officers for more information on how to register!
c. Elections i. Your club should start preparing for
elections! ii. Want to run for an officer position? Contact
your club officers for more information! iii. Officers: Please hold elections in EARLY
January. We need to send in new officer information as soon as possible!
d. Conclave 2015! i. Elect your new Lieutenant Governor for
Division 2! ii. January 10th, 2015, 10:00am-4:00pm
iii. San Leandro Library e. Kiwi Tip: Promoting in a positive way!
i. Don't forget that Key Club is a service club that promotes leadership, caring, character building, and inclusiveness!
ii. Spread the word- show that Key Club spirit wherever you go!
iii. We support all kinds of service clubs!
f. 2014-2015 Division 2 T-Shirt Orders
i. A second batch will be ordered- there are limited numbers! If you would like to reserve a shirt, please pay $13!
g. Recognition | December 2014 i. Club of the Month:
ii. Member of the Month: iii. Officer of the Month: iv. Kiwanian of the Month:
h. Division Goals i. Serve 100 hours per club per month
ii. Raise at least $150 to Project Eliminate every month
iii. Donate extra funds to PTP iv. Attend 2 Kiwanis meetings or
communicate with Kiwanis twice a month
i. Newsletter Prizes V. Comments/ Questions? VI. Adjournment
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Division Goals(as of Sept 5)
It’s finally December, the last month of the year! It’s time for relaxation and cheer. We finally get a long, two week vacation. It’s just in time because we have a busy December coming up. From CTC to Interkey, we have a load on our shoulders.
Remember that this vacation is an opportunity to do more for your community. Imagine the happiness you could bring to many since a lot of the events happening in December happen to do with the holidays. Their happiness can bring you happiness, so go and spread that cheer!
EA’s Note
Later Vader,
Rachelle VillanuevaExecutive Assistant
Keep up the good work!
Remember to keep fundraising!
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RECOGNITIONCastro Valley has the most service hours.
Piedmont raised the most funds.
Alameda is our club of the month.
Division Kiwi of the Month
Officer of the Month Kiwanian of the Month
Maxwell N.
(Arroyo)
Virginia Carpenter
(Berkeley)
Division Member of the Month
“My favorite aspect of Key Club is bonding of new people where you can help for a cause.”
“My Key Club experience has just begun, but the rally at FRN is my favorite Key Club memory.”
“I’m thankful for my Key Club officers that gave me advice about what I should do to get more involved.”
CASTRO VALLEY: Johnny C.
Keep up the good work!
Remember to keep fundraising!
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Club Members of the Month
“My favorite aspect of Key Club would be the events and be-ing able to meet new people while volunteering. ”
“My favorite Key Club memory would be volunteering at the OMCA Day of the Dead Festival. I had a lot of fun watching and helping people make arts and crafts to cel-ebrate the Day of the Dead.”
“I am thankful for everything.”
ALAMEDA: Kelly Z.
ALBANY: Candice C.“My favorite aspect of Key Club is doing volunteer work to help out the community in different ways.”
“My favorite Key Club memory has to be Fall Rally North, because I got to meet a lot of new people, and I also got to see my other friend that I haven’t seen in quite a while.”
AMERICAN INDIAN: Leslie L.
“My favorite aspect of Key Club is that I can express myself and meet many new amazing people during events. It’s always fun to help out the community.”
“My favorite Key Club memory was FRN this year. It was a whole new experience.”
“I am thankful for all the amazing officers that can make this whole club organized.”
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Club Members of the Month
“My favorite aspect of Key Club is volunteering and meet-ing new people and the enthusiasm of key clubbers.”
“My favorite Key Club memory would have to be volunteer-ing at St. Vincent De Paul because it felt great to provide food to the homeless while bonding with key clubbers.”
“I am grateful for my close friends and Matty. Without them I wouldn’t be half the person I am today.”
ARROYO: ClaireJane N.
BERKELEY: Petra S.
“My favorite aspects of Key Club are the variety of volunteer work we do and additionally being able to volunteer with friends. I think that the activities that club leadership plan are really interesting. ”
“My favorite Key Club memory was when we made lunches for the homeless at Glide with students from Singapore. We were comparing our schools and we talked about all types of things, from our favorite songs to how much homework we get. ”
“I am thankful for all the support I get from my family. I wouldn’t of been able to get the opportunities I have with-out them.”
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EL CERRITO: Alexis M.
“My favorite part of Key Club is meeting new people”
“My favorite events are bake sales”
“I am thankful for the fact that we can help serve our community and forge relationships with many unexpected people.”
Club Members of the Month
“My favorite aspect of Key Club is the people in the club because it’s great talking to them about random things.”
“My favorite Key Club memory was in the Food Bank. We were asked to put cabbages in a box. Somehow, it ended up as a fun game of mini basketball.”
“I’m thankful for the Athens for creating track and field because it’s my all-time favorite sport.”
ENCINAL: Kelvin N.
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Club Members of the Month
“My favorite aspect of Key Club is the fact that we are based on volunteer service which means helping people who need help. I am a people person, I love to help when I possibly can.” “My favorite Key Club memory was at Casa de Peralta, I made lots of new friends and we took goofy pictures in the photo booth and while I was having fun, I also helped with people who needed help.”
“My favorite event was volunteering at Fairlyland during Halloween.” “I’m thankful for the officers who set up the events to go to, because I have no problem doing the work, but would never go out of my way to find events to volunteer at.”
SAN LEANDRO: Maya P.
PIEDMONT: Bente N.
SKYLINE: Kelly C.
“I enjoy the people in key club meetings.”
“My favorite memory of key club is when I helped create a park with many of my friends”
“I’m thankful for the people around me because they help me when I am in need.”
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1. Homeless Shelters/Soup Kitchens a. Canned Food Drive and Caroling for Cans b. Clothes Drive c. Blanket Making2. Kids’ Toys Drive3. Beads of Hope Africa4. Technology Safekey5. Military6. Seasonal Fundraising Ideas
Providing Basic Needs
December’s Service InitiativeThe Spotlight on Service Program was created to educate Cali-Nev-Ha Key Clubbers about the Key Club International as well as Cali-Nev-Ha Service Initiatives and encourage active participation with/for the or-ganizations and initiatives. A service Initiative is assigned each month in which clubs should focus a project or two on supporting the initiative.
The December Focus is...
The holiday season is a time to spend quality time with friends and families. This month, our focus to provide basic needs to those who need our help so
they can have a memorable holiday season as well. Whether that need is food, shelter, warmth, clothes, or a kind letter of appreciation, we will be making a
positive difference to our communities!
Click here to read more!Service Project Ideas
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CLUB REPORTS
Alameda
Albany
This past month has been pretty busy for the seniors due to college applications, but that just gives our underclassmen members time to shine. This month, Alameda Key club helped out at a Haunted House, the OMCA Day of the Dead, the food bank, and at Uhuru Pies. In ad-dition to that, we have received many books due to the book drive created by our fundraising chairs. Early in the month, we passed out UNICEF boxes to help fundraise for children in need, and we plan to collect the boxes in the near future.
This month was a rather slow month for Albany. While many of our new members went to FRN to get into the true Key Club spirit, others volunteered at the Ocean View Fall Festival, a carnival held at an Albany elementary school. We ran games, painted faces, and more. We also had a successful bake sale at our high school, selling the majority of baked goods made by our members. Although service events come slowly once in a while, we’re ready to get back to it in November!
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American Indian Public For the month of October, American Indian participated in the Swim-A-Mile event at mills College, where we counted laps for swimmers. We also attended the October DCM to pre-pare for FRN by learning new chants. Moreover, American Indian participated in our very first FRN! For Halloween, we cleaned up after our school’s Halloween Party, and we went trick-or-treating for UNICEF! Overall, October was a very productive month for our club.
This month has been really busy for Arroyo Key Club as we had numerous events. Our events include: beautification of San Leandro High School’s campus, Halloween Dance for Special Needs, Lorenzo Manor Elementary Fall Festival, St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room, Dia de los Muertos, Break Free Run, Weekend Weed Warriors, and our school’s very own art gallery and Oktoberfest carnival. Many of our new and returning members volunteered in these events and have lately become really active. Arroyo Key Club also held a poster-making social where our members got to socialize while eating snacks and making beautiful posters about Key Club and our fundraiser, Stuck for a Buck. We hosted our Stuck for a Buck fun-draiser during our school lunch on November 6th where we taped our new principal to the gym wall, pied our officers, and fundraised for PTP. We flew past our goal of $200 and made exactly $313.62! This month was probably the best and most active month we’ve had so far!
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Berkeley High has started off the school year strong! We have volunteered at multiple events such as the Coastal Cleanup at the Berkeley Marina and the DWS at the Port of Oakland. That same day, 16 of our members volunteered at the Eat Real Festival in Jack London Square. We also spent a morning at GLIDE in San Francisco making bagged lunches and prepping for meals. Most recently, we volunteered at Sunday Streets which took place along Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley. We are planning to have bake sales at school and on Fourth Street this month.
Berkeley
Castro ValleyOctober was a month filled with great division events and lots of preparation for FRN. It started with another successful bake sale where our members made wonderful cookies, cup-cakes and other baked goods which we sold in order to raise funds for PTP and Eliminate. Frn was on the 18th and we had many members attend and got to experience a great fall rally with Key clubbers from northern California. And with October being the month of Halloween, we got the opportunity to help out at a couple harvest festivals such as Proctor elementary and the Salvation Army, October was a great month of service and fun
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El Cerrito
EncinalEverything this month went by smoothly. We helped at the Alameda Food Bank again. We are finding more events for next month and may collect small gifts for the local elderly.
This month we are volunteering at Riverside Elementary on Wednesdays after school. There is also an opportunity to get involved with volunteering at a senior citizen center.
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OaklandNovember has been a great month for Oakland High’s Key Club. Our school has participat-ed in various events such as Sasaul Creek, Life is Living, Campus Cleanup, Trybe’s Hallow-een Event and much more. Once again, with the participation of many dedicated members, we’ve fulfilled the minimum goal of having at least 100 service hours. With all the engage-ment this month, we’ve pulled through with over 238 hours of service! We are happy our club is going strong and we are looking forward to many more projects/service events in the upcoming months.
Leadership PublicJust last Saturday, our school took part in the Science in the Fair exhibition in which stu-dents had the opportunity to do hands on experiments with major scientists, and have fun. For example, we got to see rockets launch, pet brown llamas, and learn about climate change since it’s obviously important considering the drought and extreme temperatures in Califor-nia right now.
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Oakland TechnicalOver the past month we’ve been partaking in a bunch of services. We’ve been helping a whole bunch with Uhuru and other local services. We participated in 2 haunted houses events, boba sales at school, and even helping out our school. We’ve have been doing a ton of services and now we are planning for more as well as fundraiser for our club and of course, Eliminate.
PiedmontWe’re finally back into the volunteer spirit! Recently, we volunteered at the Children’s Fairy-land in Oakland to help them hand out treats to excited miniature princesses and Batmen. We’ve also been working with Uhuru in their annual pie campaign by helping to make mixes and bake pies. As for fundraising, we are still holding biweekly bubble tea sales and are ex-cited to donate to PTP and The Eliminate Project!
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San LeandroThis month San Leandro’s key club had some fun events! Past events we had were Beautifica-tion day at San Leandro High School with our local Kiwanis club, Food pantry, Roosevelt’s Fall Festival, and 2nd annual break free run where our club helped cheer the runners on! Also, in honor of key club week, our club attended a Kiwanis meeting to thank each of the Kiwanis who support our club! Future events we have are food pantry and James Madison fall festival.
In mid October Key Clubbers had few service events to participate in. I myself participated in today’s event with LMUMC’s food drive from 8:30-12. As mentioned before we aided in the Oaktoberfest, but we also volunteered with FOSC on the 18th, and Building A Park on the November. There, our members pulled out weeds and worked on invasive plant removal. We are still planning our bake sale since our fundraising officer was absent on account of injury.
Skyline
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Articles
Fall FestivalAsha L., Albany
On the same Saturday as FRN, our club helped out at the Ocean View Fall Festival. Volunteers were assigned different jobs, such as running the carnival games. Some members handed out prizes to the little kids as they hit glass bottles with balls, or painted cute designs on their faces. Also, just in time for Halloween, members helped the kids be safe and careful as they carved and decorated pumpkins. We also assisted in jewelry making as well as selling delicious food from local vendors, such as smoothies and Vietnamese sandwiches. There was even a giant slide that, when we weren’t working, we might have enjoyed, too. Aside from the carnival was the Walk-a-thon, where kids and students walked around 1.5 miles to raise money for their school. Members motivated them with cheers as well as keeping them hydrated. Although certain members had to miss FRN, helping out the little kids was worth it.
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Fall FestivalAsha L., Albany
Uhuru PiesOn Saturday, November 1, Piedmont Key Clubbers volunteered at the Uhuru Pie kitchen to make pie filling for Uhuru’s holiday pumpkin pies. Uhuru Pies is one of many Black Star Industries, aimed at building self-sustaining economic devel-opment to benefit African people worldwide and bringing recognition to African culture. We arrived at the kitchen at 2:00 p.m. and received a debriefing on the goals and mission statement of Uhuru. Afterwards we were split into two teams to begin the first step in creating the pie filling. One group measured out the dry ingredients, including flour, sugar, and spices. A second group cracked and whipped the eggs as well measured out cream for the pie filling. After the first batch’s ingredients were measured out, we began to assemble the filling. In an extremely large bowl, the dry mixture was slowly added to pumpkin puree and mixed until combined thoroughly. Then, the eggs and cream were poured in and stirred, creating a creamy and fragrant pie filling that made everyone’s mouths water. After everything was completely combined, the pie filling was transferred into 5-gallon tubs and labeled to be refrigerated and baked at a later date. Each batch makes a total of 54 pies and we were able to make four batches in four hours. We had a lot of fun making pie filling together and trying hard not to spill too much of it on the floor in the process. This was an extremely rewarding event and a great way to start off the holiday season!
Kelli N., Piedmont
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During school lunch on Thursday, November 6th, Arroyo Key Club hosted its own 2nd Annual Stuck for a Buck fundraiser! We taped our new principal, Mr. Gray, to the gym wall for only a dollar per yard of duct tape, hence the name “Stuck for a Buck,” and fundraised for PTP! We also allowed people to pie our officers for $5, and it turned out to be a fun, sticky mess! Many enthusiastic Arroyo students as well as teachers and staff members came out to check out our fundraiser and also participated whether it was taping Mr. Gray, donating, pieing an officer, or simply cheering us kiwis on! This turned out to be a very successful fundraiser; we surpassed our original goal of $200 and fundraised exactly $313.62! We promised to pie our new principal if we reached our goal, but when lunch ended, we had only made about $150 and disappointingly couldn’t pie him. However, after people left, something unexpected happened! Our kiwanian, Mike Le Faivre, donated over $100, helping us reach our goal of $200! No one was around to witness Mike’s amazing donation other than a few officers, teachers, and kiwanians, so on behalf of Arroyo Key Club, we would like to thank Mike for his kind donation! We would also like to give a special shout-out and a grateful thanks to kiwanian Susan Reisz for donating $40 during our club meeting to boost our total over $300 and to kiwanian Vonnah Bagner for donating as well! We give an enormous thanks to those who participated and made this event happen! Without them, this event wouldn’t have been as ecstatic as it was!
Kevin J. & Shayne B., Arroyo
Stuck for a Buck
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We have been doing a whole bunch of services with Uhuru because they are a weekly service that we do every other week. Last time Oakland Tech’s Key Club helped out with Uhuru we helped out with prepping food. We peeled sweet potatos and helped set up with everything and things got a bit messy but it was extremely fun. It was a great event knowing that Uhuru is also an organization and that we were able to help their cause. We can’t wait to continue helping them out every other week and we wish them success too.
Kiwis Cooking!Adrienne L., Oakland Tech
October was a month filled with Halloween and harvest festivals all over. Elementary schools all over Castro Valley had planned their own festivals and carnivals, which meant a lot of service opportunities for CVHS Key Club! One of the events we attended was the Proctor Elementary Halloween Festival, which was a great success. There were a lot of kids there, so there was never a dull moment during the event. We helped run many booths, such as carnival games, selling tickets, and running the cotton candy machine they had there as well. The Proctor event was a great success with so many key clubbers and kids at the event. Everyone had a great time and It is one of our yearly events so we will definitely be returning next year.
Halloween Festival Stephen W., Castro Valley
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DNE’S CLOSING MESSAGEHujambo Kiwis!
That’s how you say hello in Swahili! Did you know that Swahili is spoken in over 10 countries including Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique? I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with family, friends, and good food! Now that we’re nice and well-rested from the break, let’s power through school for a couple more weeks. Then, it’ll be Winter Break and the holidays! But that doesn’t mean a lazy month, oh no, not at all. In fact, December is jam-packed with all sorts of events, all fun, but some more serious than others. On the more serious spectrum, we have our Candidate Training Conference. That’s right, it’s time to start thinking about if you want to run to be our next Lieutenant Governor! But not to worry, CTC is filled with lots of information about running for and being LTG so I hope that you’ve registered and are planning on coming if you’re interested. This month we have TWO bonding events: a service InterKey event with Interact’s Area 2 and an ice skating social with Division 26 South! I’m super excited for all the events coming up this month, for the break and the holidays, and the new year! It’s pretty crazy that we’re only a month away, but I guess it’s time to start thinking about those New Year’s resolutions. As we get closer and closer to the end of the month and year, make sure you take some time to reflect; what did you do in this wonderful year of 2014? What changes do you want to make for next year? I hope you accomplished what you wanted, but if not, here comes 2015! Here’s to an amazing 2015!!!
With love,
Maya ShenDivision News Editor
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Xiuhoon GiangExecutive Assistant
Rachelle VillanuevaExecutive Assistant
Kevin MoyungDivision 2 Lieutenant Governor
Maya ShenDivision News Editor
Jaime WongExecutive Assistant
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C ontact Info
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Presidents’ Contact Info
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Nancy [email protected]
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ALAMEDA ALAMEDA ALBANY
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RegionAdvisors
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Aaron [email protected]
Kiana [email protected]
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Allan [email protected]
Douglas [email protected]
Lisa [email protected]
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